RPC III, 491

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 491
Province Achaea
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹωΤΗΡ ΤΗϹ ΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊανὸς Σωτὴρ τῆς πόλεως
Translation Emperor Trajan, saviour of the city
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery (small aegis) on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΙϹ
Edition Νεικόπολις
Translation Nicopolis
Reverse design Nike advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm on left shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.22 g
Axis 10
Reference Oikonomidou Trajan 23–27, Calomino 26A
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 181 Oikonomidou Trajan 24 and pl. 13
2 2     Cop SNG 62 = Oikonomidou Trajan 25 and pl. 13: rev.
3 3     V: GR 11901 Tiepolo 217 = Schlosser 22 = Oikonomidou Trajan 23 and pl. 13
4 4     B: I-B Oikonomidou Trajan 26 and pl. 13
5 5     B: 5377 Oikonomidou Trajan 27 and pl. 13
6 6     Nomos obolos 26, 18 Dec. 2022, lot 337